Tub for infants and babies



June 18, 1929. s. ENGEL TUB FOR INFANTS AND BABIES Y Filed Feb. 8, 1926 Inrenfar Patented June 18, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TUB FOR INFANTS AND BABIES.

Application filed February 8, 1926, Serial No. 86,914, and in Germany January 5, 1926.

This invention relates to a tub for infants and babies which consists of a shallow troughshaped hollow body having one inclined side wall or two inclined side walls, according to whether the tub has to be made accessible from both sides or from one side only. The hollow body merges at the top end into a table-shaped edge designed to be placed upon a frame or wall, in which a cup for bathing the face a sponge dish and a soap dish are arranged.

From the arrangement of the inclined. side walls results not only a considerable economy of water, which is essential for public institutions but this arrangement serves also as support for the arm of the person who holds the baby.

The arrangement of a cup for bathing the face, of a sponge dish and of a soap dish directly on the tub so that they are easily accessible for the nurse facilitates considerably the bathing process.

By the arrangement of the face-cup at the foot-end of the tub underneath the taps for cold and hot water and the provision of an overflow between the face cup and the tub a mixing point is created which permits of bringing the bathing water to the desired temperature.

Two embodiments of the invention are shown, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 a longitudinal section,

Fig. 2 a plan view and Fig. 3 a cross section through a tub having one inclined side wall and a face-cup arranged at the foot end.

As shown in the drawing, the tub 7 built into a wall and designed for public institutions has only one inclined side wall 8, the

face-cup 9 being arranged at the foot end of the tub 7. The face-cup 9 is'separated from the tub 7 by an overflow 10. On the plate-like top edge 11 a sponge dish 12 anda soap dish 13 are arranged at the sides of the face-cup 9. The face-cup 9 may be used for mixing the a hot and cold water from the taps 14 and 15, p the water flowing over the overflow 10 into the tub 7, so that no mixing tap is required.

This form if construction shown is spe- 5o cially adapted for homes for infants, hose pitals and the like as it permits of preparing a bath rapidly and in a simple and clean manner.

The peculiar shape of the tub insures in public institutions a reduction of the consumption of water of about 50% compared with the water consumption of the actually used bathing tubs. The tub may be made of any convenient material, for instance, sheet iron, and is preferably tapered at the foot for the purpose of avoiding waste of Water.

I claim y A tub for bathing infants comprising in combination, a shallow trough shaped body, f

in which an infant may sit, having a broad head endand a narrow foot end, converging side walls extending from the head to the foot end, said walls being flared outwardly from the bottom to the top thereof, one of said walls has a greater inclination to the vertical than the other wall, a horizontal flat top edge surrounding said bodyand provided adjacent the foot end with a depres sion constituting a face bowl, and an overflow partition sunk below the top edge and located between said depression and said body, whereby said bowl serves as a mixing receptacle for the hot and cold water supplied to the body.

In testimony whereof Iaiiix my signature.

' STEPHAN ENGEL. 

